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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Restaurant Taco Bell Enchirito

How to make Restaurant Taco Bell Enchirito Recipe

Ingredients:
1 lb beef,Ground
1/4 c all-purpose flour
1 T chili powder
1 t salt
1/2 t minced onion,Dried
1/2 t paprika
1/4 t onion powder
dash garlic powder
1/2 c water
1 16 -ounce can refried beans
10 12 small flour tortillas,up to 12 (fajita size)
1/4 onion,diced (about 1/2 cup)
1 10 ounce can la victoria red chile sauce
2 c cheddar cheese,Shredded

Method:
In a medium bowl, combine the ground beef with the flour, chili powder, salt, minced onion, paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder. Use your hands to thoroughly mix the ingredients into the ground beef.

Add the seasoned beef mixture to the water in a skillet over medium heat. Mix well with a wooden spoon or spatula, and break up the meat as it cooks. Heat for 8 to 10 minutes, or until browned. The finished product should be very smooth with no large chunks of beef remaining.

Heat up the refried beans in a medium sauce pan over medium heat, or in the microwave for a couple of minutes on high.

Warm the tortillas in a steamer, or wrap them in a moist towel and microwave for 1 minute on high. You may also heat up the tortillas individually by placing them in a hot pan over medium heat for about 15 seconds per side.

Spoon about 3 tablespoons of refried beans down the center of each tortilla. Spoon 3 tablespoons of beef on top of the beans followed by a couple teaspoons of minced onion.

Fold the two sides of the tortilla over the beans and meat and flip the tortilla over onto a plate.

Spoon a couple tablespoons of red sauce over the top of the tortilla, then sprinkle on a couple tablespoons of the shredded cheddar cheese.

Heat up the dish for 30 to 45 seconds in the microwave, or until the cheese on top begins to melt. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.

Taco Bell Chicken Fajita Seasoning Mix

How to make Taco Bell Chicken Fajita Seasoning Mix Recipe

Makes 5 servings

seasoning mix:
1 T corn starch
2 t chili powder
1 t salt
1 t paprika
1 t sugar
3/4 t chicken bullion cube,Crushed
1/2 t onion powder
1/4 t garlic powder
1/4 t cayenne pepper
1/4 t cumin

fajita ingredients:
4 boneless,skinless chicken breasts (1 to 1 1/4 lb.),cut into thin strips
2 T oil
1/3 c water
1 green bell pepper,cut into strips
1 md onion,sliced

Method:
Combine all of the ingredients for seasoning mix in a small bowl. Prepare the fajitas using the same directions found on the package of the original seasoning mix:

COOK and stir chicken in hot oil in a large nonstick skillet 5 minutes on medium-high heat. Add TACO BELL Fajita Seasoning Mix, water, green pepper and onion; cook and stir on medium heat 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.

PLACE tortillas on microwavable plate. Cover with plastic wrap. Microwave on high 1 minute.

SPOON chicken mixture onto each tortilla. Top as desired with TACO BELL salsa. Roll up tortillas.

Taco Bell Burrito Supreme

How to make Taco Bell Burrito Supreme Recipe

Ingredients:
1 lb lean beef,Ground
1/4 c all-purpose flour
1 T chili powder
1 t salt
1/2 t minced onion,Dried
1/2 t paprika
1/4 t onion powder
1 ds garlic powder
1/2 c water
1 16-ounce can refried beans
eight 10-inch flour tortillas
1/2 c enchilada sauce
3/4 c sour cream
2 c lettuce,Shredded
2 c cheddar cheese,Shredded
1 md tomato,diced
1/2 c yellow onion,Diced

Method:
In a medium bowl, combine the ground beef with the flour, chili powder, salt, minced onion, paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder. Use your hands to thoroughly mix the ingredients into the ground beef.

Add the seasoned beef mixture to the water in a skillet over medium heat. Mix well with a wooden spoon or spatula, and break up the meat as it cooks. Heat for 5 to 6 minutes, or until browned. The finished product should be very smooth, somewhat pasty, with no large chunks of beef remaining.

Heat up the refried beans in a covered container in the microwave set on high temperature for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.

Place the flour tortillas on a plate and cover with plastic wrap. Heat the tortillas for 30 to 45 seconds in the microwave on high temperature.

Build each burrito by first spreading about 1/4 cup of refried beans on the center of a heated flour tortilla. Spread one-eighth of the meat mixture over the beans, then pour about a tablespoon of the enchilada sauce over the meat.

Stir the sour cream well, so that it is smoother, then spread about 1 1/2 tablespoons onto the burrito. Arrange some of the lettuce, cheese, tomato and onion onto the tortilla, and then you're ready to roll.

Fold the end of the tortilla closest to you over the filling ingredients. Fold either the left or right end over next. Then fold the top edge over the filling. You will be leaving one end of the burrito open and unfolded. Repeat with the remaining ingredients and serve immediately. Makes 8 burritos.

Taco 5 Alarm Sauce

How to make Taco 5 Alarm Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cn tomato paste (6 ounces)
1 t chili powder
1 t soy sace
1 ds tobasco sauce
1 pn pepper
1 t onion salt
1/4 c pickle relish,Undrained
1 T postum drink powder,Instant for coloring
1 t dark molasses
1 t dry mustard
1/4 c ketchup
1/2 c water
1/2 t cumin powder
10 1/2 oz tomato soup

Method:
In saucepan combine all ingredients. Stir over low heat to blend all flavors. Makes enough sauce to cover 18 to 20 tacos. Freeze unused portion in family sized containers.

T.G.I. Friday's Jack Daniels Grill Glaze

How to make T.G.I. Friday's Jack Daniels Grill Glaze Recipe

Makes 1 cup of glaze

Ingredients:
1 head garlic
1 T olive oil
2/3 c water
1 c pineapple juice
1/4 c teriyaki sauce
1 T soy sauce
1 1/3 c dark brown sugar
3 T lemon juice
3 T white onion,Minced
1 T Jack Daniels Whiskey
1 T pineapple,Crushed
1/4 t cayenne pepper

Method:
Cut about 1/2-inch off of top of garlic. Cut the roots so that the garlic will sit flat. Remove the papery skin from the garlic, but leave enough so that the cloves stay together. Put garlic into a small casserole dish or baking pan, drizzle olive oil over it, and cover with a lid or foil. Bake in a preheated 325 oven for 1 hour. Remove garlic and let it cool until you can handle it.

Combine water, pineapple juice, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, and brown sugar in a medium saucepan over medium/high heat. Stir occasionally until mixture boils then reduce heat until mixture is just simmering.

Squeeze the sides of the head of garlic until the pasty roasted garlic is squeezed out. Measure 2 teaspoons into the saucepan and whisk to combine. Add remaining ingredients to the pan and, stir.

Let mixture simmer for 40-50 minutes or until sauce has reduced by about 1/2 and is thick and syrupy. Make sure it doesn't boil over.

T.G.I. Fridays French Onion Soup

How to make T.G.I. Fridays French Onion Soup Recipe

Ingredients:
2 T butter (or margarine)
4 c onion,Sliced
3 c beef broth, lowfat okay
1 1/2 c water
1 T cooking sherry, optional
1 T worcestershire sauce
1/4 t black pepper
1 ds thyme,Dried
1 c soft croutons, optional
1/2 c mozzarella cheese,Shredded
lowfa:

Method:
Melt butter in saucepan over low heat.

Add onions and cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add beef broth, water, sherry, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, and thyme to pot.

Increase heat and bring to boil, then reduce heat.

Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.

Divide into bowls.

Top with croutons, then mozzarella.

Broil until cheese melts and begins to brown.

T.G.I. Fridays Flings

How to make T.G.I. Fridays Flings Recipe

November Sea Breeze:
1 1/2 oz cranberry juice
1 1/2 oz apple juice
1 1/2 oz sweet & sour mix
1/2 oz simple syrup (see note)
1 1/2 oz club soda

Garnish:
lime wedge

Method:
Fill a 14-ounce glass with ice.

Pour juices, sweet & sour mix and simple syrup into a shaker and shake well.

Pour drink over the ice, add a lime wedge and the soda on top and serve with a straw.

Sylvia's Orange Julius

How to make Sylvia's Orange Julius Recipe

Ingredients:
3 c orange juice,fresh is best
1/2 cn cream of coconut,sweetened
1/4 pk vanilla pudding mix,Instant
1 pk dream whip

Method:
Combine ingredients in a blender.

Swiss Miss Fat Free Tapioca Pudding

How to make Swiss Miss Fat Free Tapioca Pudding Recipe

Ingredients:
2 T cornstarch
2 1/2 c fat-free milk
1/2 c sweetened condensed skim milk
1 ds salt
2 1/2 T tapioca,Instant
1/2 t vanilla extract

Method:
Combine the cornstarch with the fat-free milk in a medium saucepan and whisk thoroughly to dissolve the cornstarch.

Add the condensed milk, salt, and tapioca to the pan. Stir until smooth and then set the pan aside for 5 minutes.

After 5 minutes, bring the mixture to a boil over medium/low heat, stirring constantly until it thickens, then cover and remove from the heat. Let the pudding sit, covered, for 20 minutes.

Stir in the vanilla, then transfer the pudding to serving cups. Cover the cups with plastic wrap and let them chill for at least 2 to 3 hours before serving.

Sweetened Condensed Milk

How to make Sweetened Condensed Milk Recipe

Ingredients:
1 c powdered milk
1/3 c water,Boiling
2/3 c granulated sugar
3 T butter

Method:
Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until all of the sugar is dissolved. If the mixture is too thick for your purposes, add a few drops of water and blend. Equals approx. 1 can sweetened condensed milk.

Sunshine Lemon Coolers

How to make Sunshine Lemon Coolers Recipe

Makes 50-56 cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 c powdered sugar
1/3 c sugar
1/3 c shortening
1 egg
1/2 t vanilla
1/8 t salt
1 1/2 c cake flour
1 1/2 t baking powder
1 T water

Lemon Powdered Sugar:
1 c powdered sugar
rounded 1/2 teaspoon unsweetened Ko lemonade drink mix

Method:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Cream together sugars, shortening, egg, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl.

Add the flour and baking powder. Add 1 tablespoon of water and continue mixing until dough forms a ball.

Roll dough into 3/4-inch balls and flatten slightly onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until cookies are light brown.

As cookies bake combine 1 cup powdered sugar with the lemonade drink mix in a large plastic bag and shake thoroughly to mix.

When the cookies are removed from the oven and while they are hot, add 4 or 5 at a time to the bag and shake it until the cookies are well coated. Repeat with the remaining cookies.

Stove Fur's White French Salad Dressing

How to make Stove Fur's White French Salad Dressing Recipe

Makes about 3/4 cup of dressing

Ingredients:
1/2 c vegetable oil
1/4 c vinegar
1 T sugar
1 1/2 t salt
1/4 t celery seed
1/4 t dry mustard
1/8 t onion,grated
1 sm garlic clove,peeled

Method:
Mix all of the ingredients together except the garlic. Add the garlic and let stand in the dressing for about 1 hour. Remove the garlic.

Stove Fur's Honey French Dressing

How to make Stove Fur's Honey French Dressing Recipe

Makes about 1-1/2 cups of dressing

Ingredients:
1 t salt
1/4 t pepper
1 t dry mustard
1/3 c cider vinegar
2 T honey
1 c vegetable oil

Method:
In a small bowl, mix the salt and pepper and dry mustard, blending well, then stir in the vinegar and honey. Slowly, while beating at high speed on an electric mixer, add the salad oil.

Stouffer's Corn Souffle

How to make Stouffer's Corn Souffle Recipe

Ingredients:
2 Eggs
2 T Cornstarch
2 T Sugar
Salt and pepper
Nutmeg
1 lb Creamed Corn,Canned
1/2 c Sour Cream
1/2 c Milk

Method:
With electric mixer beat eggs until foamy.

Beat in remaining ingredients as listed.

Pour into Pam-sprayed 8" square baking dish.

Bake on center rack of preheated 400 oven

35 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.

Steak Sauce

How to make Steak Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:
1/3 c ketchup
3 T orange juice
1 T soy sauce
1 T vinegar
1 T dark molassees
1 T worcestershire

Method:
Mix all ingredients with a spoon just as they are listed.

Keep in covered container in refrigerator to serve spooned on steaks or hamburgers. Keeps for months and months.

Steak and Ale Marinade

How to make Steak and Ale Marinade Recipe

Ingredients:
1 for steaks
1/2 c ketchup
2/3 c tomato juice
1/4 c red wine,or purple grape juice
1 for chicken (or pork)
1/2 c soy sauce
1/2 c pineapple juice
1/4 c white wine,or white grape juice

Method:
Mix ingredients for each marinade and marinate steaks or chicken up to 24 hours in the fridge. Add a dash of worcestershire sauce to steak marinade.

Steak and Ale Hawaiian Chicken

How to make Steak and Ale Hawaiian Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:
6 Chicken breasts,boneless
2 c Pineapple juice
2 T Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 c Soy Sauce
2 T Sugar

Method:
In a bowl combine all ingredients except for chicken. Stir.

Using a fork, poke about 5-8 sets of holes in each chicken breast.

Put chicken in marinade, making sure it is covered in the mixture.

Add more pineapple juice if necessary. Cover and refrigerate for 24-36 hours. Grill.

Starbucks Frappuccino (Frozen)

How to make Starbucks Frappuccino (Frozen) Recipe

Makes 2 large drinks

Coffee:
1 1/2 c cold coffee
1/2 c whole milk
1/2 c granulated sugar
1 t chocolate syrup
1/4 t salt
1/8 t vanilla extract
3 c ice (or ice cubes),Crushed

Method:
Combine the coffee, milk, sugar, chocolate syrup and salt in a blender and mix on medium speed for 15 seconds to dissolve sugar.

Add the vanilla extract and ice then blend on high speed until smooth and creamy. Stir with a spoon if necessary to help blend.

Pour drink into two 16-ounce glasses.

Starbucks Frappuccino

How to make Starbucks Frappuccino Recipe

Makes 24 ounces

Ingredients:
1/2 c fresh espresso
2 1/2 c lowfat milk,(2 percent)
1/4 c granulated sugar
1 T dry pectin*

Method:
Combine all of the ingredients in a pitcher or covered container.

Stir or shake until sugar is dissolved. Chill and serve cold.

Spicy Hot Dog Mustard

How to make Spicy Hot Dog Mustard Recipe

Ingredients:
1/4 c dijon mustard
1/4 c prepared mustard
1/4 c honey

Method:
Stir together 1/4 cup Dijon mustard, 1/4 cup French's prepared mustard, and 1/4 cup honey. Refrigerate.

Spells Berry Crescent Dinner Rolls

How to make Spells Berry Crescent Dinner Rolls Recipe

Ingredients:
2 pk active dry yeast
3/4 c water (110 to 115,Warm degrees f.)
1/2 c sugar
1 t salt
2 lg eggs
1/2 c shortening (part butter)
4 c unbleached flour
Butter Or Regular Margarine, Softened

Method:
In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Stir in the sugar, salt, eggs, shortening and half of the flour into the yeast mixture. Add the remaining flour blending until smooth.

Scrape the dough from the sides of the bowl and cover with a cloth dampened in warm water. (The cloth should feel wet, but not be so wet that water drips onto the dough.) Let rise in a warm place (85 degrees F.), until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.

Divide the dough in half, rolling each half into a 12-inch circle 1/4 inch thick. Spread with the soft butter and cut each circle into 16 wedges.

Roll up each wedge beginning at the largest end. Place, point side down, on a greased baking sheet. Curve to form crescents.

Cover and let rise until double, 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are a rich golden brown. Brush with soft butter. Makes 32 crescent rolls.

Spanakopeta

How to make Spanakopeta Recipe

Ingredients:
6 lb fresh spinach
2 c olive oil
2 lb feta cheese,Crumbled
1 lb filo dough
2 bn green onion
1 c parsley,Minced
6 egg,Beaten
1 c butter,Melted

Method:
Wash spinach, cut off stems, dry completely, then chop. Saute green onions in 1/4 c. olive oil until tender. Combine spinach, parsley, eggs and cheese.

Add cooked onions and mix well.

Butter 12 x 18" baking pan. Separate filo sheets, brush 10 sheets with melted butter mixed with 1/4 c. olive oil. Place in bottom of pan, then spread spinach mixture evenly.

Cover with 10 or more individually buttered sheets, brushing thoroughly top layer.

Bake at 350 degrees about one hour or until golden brown. Cut in squares and serve as appetizer or entree.

Spaghetti Sauce (Olive Garden)

How to make Spaghetti Sauce (Olive Garden) Recipe

Ingredients:
2 lb ground round
2 T oil
1 cn stewed tomatoes (141 ounces),Cut Up
6 oz v-8 juice
1 lb jar prego spaghetti sauce
1 env onion soup mix
1/2 c grape jelly

Method:
Brown meat in oil until pink color disappears. Crumble with fork.

Stir in tomatoes, V-9 juice, Prego, soup mix and grape jelly.

Cook, stirring often, 15 to 20 minutes or until jelly melts and sauce is piping hot.

Restaurant Sonic Cherry Limeade

How to make Restaurant Sonic Cherry Limeade Recipe

Serves 1

Ingredients:
1 c Sprite
1/4 c cherry juice,(Libby is good)
2 lime wedges,(each 1/8 lime),up to 3

Method:
Pour Sprite into a glass over ice.

Add cherry juice.

Add 2-3 lime wedges, squeezing slightly before dropping each one in.

Snapple Iced Tea (Lemon Flavor)

How to make Snapple Iced Tea (Lemon Flavor) Recipe

Makes 2 quarts

Ingredients:
2 qt water,(8 cups)
3 Lipton tea bags,(orange pekoe and pekoe cut black tea blend)
3/4 c granulated sugar
1/3 c plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Method:
Boil the water in a large saucepan over high heat.

When the water comes to a rapid boil, turn off the heat, put the tea bags into the water, and cover.

After the tea has steeped about 1 hour, pour the sugar into a 2-quart pitcher, then add the tea. The tea should still be warm, so the sugar will dissolve easily.

Add the lemon juice. Chill.

T.G.I. Friday's Long Island Iced Tea

How to make T.G.I. Friday's Long Island Iced Tea recipe - Friday's claims they invented this famous cocktail. Be careful with this recipe, it is powerful.

SERVES 1

Ingredients:
½ ounce gin
½ ounce vodka
½ ounce rum
½ ounce Triple Sec
2 ounces sweet and sour mix
Splash of cola

Method:
Mix all the ingredients in a shaker.

Pour over ice and top with cola.

Long Island Iced Tea:
This drink was first served in the mid-1970s at a bar in Long Island, New York, thus the name. The drink has a much higher alcohol concentration than most cocktails.

Snapple Iced Tea

How to make Snapple Iced Tea Recipe

LEMON:
8 c Water
3 Lipton tea bags (orange Pekoe and pekoe cut black Tea blend)
3/4 c Granulated sugar OR 16 oz Bottle light corn syrup
1/3 c Plus 2 T lemon juice

DIET LEMON:
8 c Water
3 Lipton tea bags (orange
Pekoe and pekoe cut black
Tea blend)
12 1-gram envelopes Sweet'nLow OR Equal sweetener.
1/3 c Plus 1 T Lemon juice

ORANGE:
8 c Water
3 Lipton tea bags (orange Pekoe and pekoe cut black Tea blend)
3/4 c Granulated sugar OR 16 oz Bottle light corn syrup
1/3 c Lemon juice
1/8 t Orange extract

STRAWBERRY:
8 c Water
3 Lipton tea bags (orange Pekoe and pekoe cut black Tea blend)
3/4 c Granulated sugar OR 16 oz Bottle light corn syrup
1/3 c Plus 1 T lemon juice
1 T Strawberry extract

CRANBERRY:
8 c Water
3 Lipton tea bags (orange Pekoe and pekoe cut black Tea blend)
3/4 c Granulated sugar OR 16 oz Bottle light corn syrup
1/3 c Plus 2 T lemon juice
2 T Ocean Spray cranberry
Juice cocktail concentrate

Method:
For any of the flavors, boil the water in a large saucepan.

When the water comes to a rapid boil, turn off the heat, put the tea bags into the water, and cover.

After the tea has brewed about 1 hour, pour the sugar or sweetener into a 2-quart pitcher, then add the tea. The tea should still be warm, so the sugar or sweetener will dissolve easily.

Add the flavoring ingredients(plus additional water if needed to bring the tea to the 2-quart line). Chill.

Sloppy Joes with Homemade Sloppy Joe Seasoning Mix

How to make Sloppy Joes with Homemade Sloppy Joe Seasoning Mix Recipe

Makes 6 sandwiches

Ingredients:
1 lb lean beef,Ground
1 pk homemade sloppy joe
1 seasoning mix
1/2 c water
1 cn tomato sauce, 8 ounces
6 hamburger buns,Toasted

Method:
Brown ground beef in a skillet over medium high heat. Drain excess grease.

Add sloppy joe seasoning mix, water and tomato sauce. Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve on toasted hamburger buns.

See's Butterscotch Lollipop

How to make See's Butterscotch Lollipop Recipe

Ingredients:
1 c sugar
1 c heavy cream
3 T light corn syrup
2 T butter (or margarine)
1 t vanilla extract
1 nonstick spray

Method:
Combine the first 4 ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat.

Stir until sugar has dissolved. Let the mixture boil until it reaches 310 degrees on a candy thermometer (hard-crack stage), or until a small amount dropped in cold water separates into hard, brittle threads.

Stir in the vanilla, then remove from the heat. Coat the molds with nonstick spray and pour the mixture in. (If using shot glasses, be sure to cool the mixture first so that the glass won't crack .)

Place a small piece of aluminum foil over each mold and press a lollipop stick or popsicle stick in the center. When cool, remove from molds.

Seasoned Long Grain & Wild Rice Mix (Uncle Ben's)

How to make Seasoned Long Grain & Wild Rice Mix (Uncle Ben's) Recipe

Ingredients:
1 tb chicken bouillon powder
1 ts dry chopped onion
1/2 ts dry minced parsley
1/4 ts garlic powder
1/4 ts onion powder
1 ts ground turmeric
1/2 ts ground cumin
1/4 ts ground ginger
1/2 ts black pepper
1 1/2 ts season salt, to 2 ts
2 c water
2 tb butter or margarine
1 c premium minute rice
1/3 c dry wild rice

Method:
Combine all of the ingredients as listed in medium saucepan.

Add to this water, butter, rice and dry wild rice. Bring to boil. Stir once or twice just to combine.

Cover pan with lid tightly. Simmer gently 8 to 10 minutes or until almost all liquid is gone.

Seasoned Fries Like Hardee's And Rally's

How to make Seasoned Fries Like Hardee's And Rally's Recipe

Ingredients:
1 bag frozen plain french fries
1 fries
1 plain flour
1 batter
1 c boxed pancake mix
2 c club soda
1 seasoning
1/2 ts black pepper
1/2 ts ground ginger
1/4 ts dry mustard
2 tb seasoned salt

Method:
Prepare batter. Combine seasoning mixture and store in a tightly covered container.

Allow 1 ts seasoning for each cup of prepared batter. POTATOES- Without thawing, open bag of fries and dust them lightly but evenly in flour, letting them dry on waxed paper lined cookie sheet for a few minutes.

Coat the floured French fries evenly in the batter and fry in small portions at a time in 385 oil at least 2" deep in an electric fry pan. Turn fries once to brown evenly.

Remove with tongs to drain on paper towel lined plate. Serve at once. The batter can be repeated as needed to coat the frozen fries.

FAJITA FRIES-Add 1/2 ts ground cumin in each cup of prepared batter that includes the seasoning mix given above.